Ennis Oregon Trail: Ontario OR to Medford OR
Leg 5 – Ontario, OR to Medford, ORMiles: 450Hours: 8 driving, 4 hikingThings of Interest: Crater Lake, friends Second to last leg brought us to Crater Lake National Park. We’ve both been here before, but it was only 20 min out of the way so we figured it’d be a good stop. It’s the first […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Victor, ID to Ontario, OR
Leg 4 – Victor, Idaho to Ontario, OR Miles: 390 Hours: 6 driving, 3 hiking Things of Interest: Craters of the Moon, Best Buy, Lego Store Today is the day Kevin has been waiting for — after a quick breakfast we headed off to Craters of the Moon National Park, and it did not disappoint […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Grand Tetons National Park
“Rest” Day – Grand Tetons National ParkMiles: n/aHours: n/aThings of Interest: Mountains, lakes, barns Another “rest” day with a bit of sleeping in again was much needed. Today we spent our day in and around the Grand Tetons. Starting the day at Mormon Row despite a bit of misty weather, we were able to take […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Yellowstone National Park
“Rest” Day – Yellowstone National Park Miles: n/a Hours: n/a Things of Interest: Crossed into Montana, Geysers, Buffalo We slept in a bit though we probably shouldn’t have since we had over two hours to drive to get to Yellowstone. I also woke up to a message from our Airbnb owner warning us to watch […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Nebraska to Idaho
Leg 3 – Sidney, Nebraska to Victor, Idaho Miles: 585Hours: 11Things of Interest: Target, Grand Tetons, Starwatching Second looooong day of driving just to get through Wyoming to our destination of Victor, Idaho. I honestly don’t know that I have anything exciting to even write about — we fell asleep really early last night, […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Illinois to Nebraska
Leg 2 – Small town IL to Sidney, Nebraska Miles: 760 Total travel hours: 13.5 Things of Interest: Pony Express Station, Boot Hill Cemetery, Cricket the Cat 5:30am alarm. Did you know there is a 5am? I knew about the pm one…. The first two days we intentionally scheduled driving days to get as […]
Ennis Oregon Trail: Indiana to Illinois
Leg 1 – Indianapolis to small town ILMiles: 220Hours: 3.5Points of Interest: Mom’s house x2, grocery store for snacks We’ve successfully consolidated our belongings into way too many bags and boxes and stuffed them into the wagon. Must importantly, the snacks:
Ennis Oregon Trail: Pre-Game
When you are part of the Oregon Trail Generation and decide to relive the thrill… we are moving to the West Coast! Why you ask? We have struggled transitioning back to the Midwest after being in Wales for three years — missing the mountains and water and overall feeling. So we’ve been searching for […]
Spontaneous Road Trip
Wednesday night a spontaneous trip was born… less than 10 hours to the ocean? Challenge accepted! Bright and early Saturday we finished our long trek arriving in Mobile, AL around noon. First stop… USS Alabama, a warship used during WWII which seemed quite a fitting way to kick off the patriotic weekend ahead. We were […]